The Duck of Minerva

Ron E. Hassner (PhD, Stanford University 2003) is Chancellors Professor of Political Science and Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at U.C. Berkeley.  His research focuses on religion and conflict, territorial and border disputes, intelligence analysis, and Israel Studies.  He is the author of Religion on the Battlefield (Cornell 2016), Religion in the Military Worldwide (Cambridge, 2013), and War on Sacred Grounds (Cornell, 2009).